O with ogonek
Ǫ ǫ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Unicode codepointU+01EA, U+01EB
History
Development
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

O with an ogonek (majuscule: Ǫ, minuscule: ǫ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by the addition of the ogonek (from Polish: little tail) to the letter O. It is used in Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.[1] It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic, and the Proto-Slavic language, as well as in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet.[2] It is also still in use for the writing of Old Norse, and used to be used sporadically in Polish.[3]

Usage

The letter is used in the autochthonic languages of North America: Western Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Muscogee, Dadibi, Gwichʼin, Erie, and Navajo.[1] In such languages, it represents either a nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel ([õ]), or a nasalized ([ɔ̃]).

It is also used in the Latin transcription of Old Church Slavonic where it represents the nasal back vowel, as well as in the Proto-Slavic language where it represents a labialized non-front vowel. It is also used in the Slavistic Phonetic Alphabet, where it represents the nasalized O-sound, for example, the pronunciation of Ą in Polish.[2]

It was used in Old Norse, where it represented the open back rounded vowel ([ɒ]) sound. Additionally, the letter sporadically used to be an alternative to Ą in Polish.[3]

Encoding

Character information
PreviewǪǫ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH OGONEK LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH OGONEK
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode490U+01EA491U+01EB
UTF-8199 170C7 AA199 171C7 AB
Numeric character referenceǪǪǫǫ

References

  1. 1 2 J.M. McDonough, The Navajo Sound System.
  2. 1 2 Grzegorz Jagodziński. "Transcription systems used in Polish phonetic and phonology". free.of.pl. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  3. 1 2 Michał Suchorowski, Zabawki dramatyczne. vol. 1.


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